Thread 128393096

Is it true that the classical composers heard the music in their head before writing anything down or even playing it?

If you're that well practiced, maybe. But most people can think of a tune in their head. It's not that extraordinary.

>>128393096 (OP)
no. except for deaf beethoven.
the usual approach is mindless noodling for hours on end sat at a keyboard until you come across something you like, this is how Mozart and Bach did it

>>128393096 (OP)
all real musicians do it this way

Right, my head know what sound I am going to get out of my instrument if I place my fingers thus. In my head I know how to control this instrument. That I haven't heard it yet doesn't make a difference. Similarly when we talk, we don't write out 50 drafts first.

>>128393096 (OP)
Possibly not, but it is do-able. I can hear a noise in my head and then go and play it. But it's more normal for me to play it first. Why? It's louder and then other people can hear it.

I can get up on stage and think it if you like? For the dedicated only I should have thought. But I'm happy to try.

How can you hear something if you've never heard it before? Obviously sound comes first

>>128393096 (OP)
Doubt it. Most are improving

>>128393096 (OP)
You can compose it through thought if you like but playing it on an instrument is more practical.

>>128393312
Because you can.

>>128393096 (OP)
>Yngwie Malsteen
masters his instrument, technically mindblowing.
cant write a song to save his life.

what causes such things?

>>128393312
zoom zoom. its called imagination

I just broadcasted some thought music. Did anyone hear it?

>>128393312
are you not able to picture scenes in your mind's eye, either?

>>128393312
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>>128393466
Some people can't. It's a recognised condition.

If you can just hear everything in your head, why even get speakers or headphones?

>>128393693
this thread is about composing new music in your head, not listening to music you already own

>>128393096 (OP)
No, lol. Most composers were pianists and improvised while writing music.

>>128394754
The thought process was there first.

>>128393096 (OP)
Impossible to verify. I would say in the vast majority of cases, no.

>>128393096 (OP)
It's usually unhearable but yes it's in their heads first. It's half right. Most of the time. I have composed purely from hearing sounds in my head and knowing internally what intervals they were and then written it down, but usually I have an instrument handy.

>>128393096 (OP)
well you usually have to have an idea to make something

most classical composers hummed a melody into a minidisc recorder and then transcribed it on piano later. i thought this was common knowledge

>>128394754
Or clavichord for baroque era and earlier.

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